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ANDREW PETTER

By Julie Ovenell-Carter
Photography by Venturi + Karpa
SFU's new president has the unique combination of academic and political skills to take the university to the next level.

On a mid-August morning moist with humidity, I found myself inviting Andrew Petter, SFU's soon-to-be-installed ninth president, to leave his new hybrid Ford Fusion behind in the hotel garage so we could talk about his new job on a stuffy No. 135 Express as it moseyed along Hastings Street from downtown Vancouver to Burnaby Mountain.


The Guture is up to us

THE FUTURE IS UP TO US
By Sharon Proctor

SFU's new multidisciplinary Faculty of Environment.

Many experts say human beings are the cause – that we're polluting our lakes and streams too much, sending too many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, clearing too much forest and jungle for agriculture and housing...

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Inda on the move INDIA ON THE MOVE
By Marianne Meadahl

SFU's South Asian Council is taking big steps.

The SFU India Advisory Council began four years ago as a way for SFU to enhance links with the region's thriving South Asian community as part of the university's ambitious India initiative.

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INDIA VILLAGE LIFE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
By Marianne Meadahl

SFU co-op students Dalvir Sahota and Manal Rahman had a rare opportunity to help improve the quality of life in a Punjabi village earlier this year.

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